Trains, Tracks and Stations
Yazoo River Swing Railroad Bridge
The Bates & Rogers Construction Co. in Chicago built the Yazoo river Swing railroad bridge for the Yazoo & Mississippi Railroad in 1944. It replaced the original drawbridge from 1905. Today it is closed, the tracks are removed, and it…
Michigan Central Station
Detroit’s Pride and the worlds tallest railway station, when it was built in 1914, after the original depot caught fire in December 1913. At the beginning of the 20th century 4000 passengers arrived or left the station aboard no less…
Kinzua Bridge
The Kinzua Bridge was hailed as the “Eighth wonder of the world”, when it was built in 1882. Back then it was the tallest bridge in the world. A record it only held in two years. The original bridge was…
